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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2017
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Erlanger, KY (US);
Masanori Ishigaki, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., Erlanger, KY (US);
Abstract
A system includes a power transfer device having an optical energy source connected to an optical energy transmitter on a first side of the power transfer device configured to transmit optical energy to a second side of the power transfer device via a channel. An optical energy receiver on the second side of the power transfer device is configured to convert received optical energy from the optical energy transmitter into electrical energy, in which the electrical energy is configured to supply power to an electrical load. The system also includes control circuitry configured to determine voltage and power characteristics of the electrical load, configure operational parameters of the optical energy transmitter based on the voltage and power characteristics of the electrical load, and control power transfer from the primary side to the secondary side of the power transfer device.